Is there an idiomatic equivalent for “polyglot”?There's a difference between "vielsprachig" und "sprachbegabt". I'm not "sprachbegabt", but I speak a lot of languages (=>vielsprachig). However, a friend of mine speaks two languages (English and German), learned German in around a year (outside of Germany and without help) and can now follow every conversation. He may be "sprachbegabt", but actually he's not "vielsprachig", because he's just too lazy.